The player looks out onto the training pitch…another session! She’s exhausted so she reaches for her tools…her mental tools… She starts with self-talk – she makes sure she’s ...
Fixed Mindset vs. Growth Mindset People with fixed mindsets believe that their abilities & intelligence are fixed traits that can’t be changed. People with a growth mindset believe ...
“Fear of Failure” holds many athletes back. How can athletes overcome this? Failure Does Not Exist Kobe Bryant said, “failure does not exist.” There is great power in ...
My experience was fairly unusual. Nevertheless, the intersectional game I’m sharing today is useful for anyone, because what’s true is that you and I overlap in terms of our ability ...
After a tough loss: Stress hormones are often through the roof. Our sense of competency, self-worth, and confidence plummet. We are in threat mode. To the Coach – ...
I’d like to propose that developing-elite competitors in talent pathways be taught to cultivate a narrative that asserts their version of events that unfold in front of them. ...
Well-being and mental health care for sports participants and competitors can start with… Psychologically Safe Environments: where the thoughts, feelings, experiences and personalities of its participants are considered ...
Competitive mindset largely consists of: Attention Intensity Intent Individual and team mental slip-ups reside in the complex mix of attention, intensity, intent…and the coach as deep-dive detective has to ...
Thoughts…emotions…feelings These three human experiences damage more sporting performances than any opposition ever could. They prevent learning from happening more times than bad teaching ever could (possibly…probably!) At ...
Let’s start with these 8 points COMPETITIVE SPIRIT! “Competitive Spirit” was at the TOP of Wooden’s Pyramid of Success. “Spirit” is contagious. Coaches want this to spread throughout ...
What might go wrong? How might it feel? What is our immediate reaction? What is longer term reaction? What are the implications – NOW or Later How are ...
Here are some questions that can be really useful for players to ask themselves – force them to think about, analyse, & critically appraise their mental game Confidence: ...
In sport, well-being can tend to start with your players’ relationship with their performance and subsequent outcomes.“I must perform” and “I must win” may be ineffective, energy-sapping narratives ...
Steve Magness the author of “Do Hard Things” highlights a number of key lessons His view (according to recent thread on twitter) is that 90% of coaching is ...
A team in a slump…low on confidence. Players: Distracted – Lacking intensity – Executing skills with little or no intent. Here is one solution, BUT difficult or not ...
How do you manage the mental side of your game? The psychology of sport is continuous, it never stops, it happens every second you play and every second you ...
